Politics

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionCommons Speaker John Bercow tells MPs they are not traitors Commons Speaker John Bercow has defended Parliament, telling MPs “none of you are traitors”. His comments come after Theresa May told the public she was “on their side” and blamed the delay to Brexit on MPs. SNP […]

Image copyright EPA Jeremy Corbyn says he is seeking a “constructive alternative” to the PM’s deal, in order to prevent a no-deal Brexit. The Labour leader was speaking after meeting the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, for talks in Brussels. It comes ahead of an EU summit where Theresa May will ask EU leaders […]

Image caption Staff at Brook House detention centre were filmed physically and verbally abusing detainees. The Home Office has “utterly failed” to ensure the safety of people held in UK immigration detention centres, a damning report says. MPs on the home affairs committee warn there are “serious problems” in almost every part of the detention […]

Image copyright Cambridgeshire County CouncilImage caption Donald Adey represents a ward in Cambridge from his home in Scotland A councillor living 400 miles from his ward is to resign after admitting he was unable to represent his constituents. Donald Adey moved from his Trumpington ward in Cambridge to Scotland a year ago, but remained on […]

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionLabour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle criticised the leader of house A gay MP called on the prime minister to condemn the leader of the House of Commons over comments she made about LGBT education. Lloyd Russell-Moyle criticised Andrea Leadsom after she said parents should decide when their children […]

Image copyright Getty Images A scheme to make voters bring ID to polling stations has been ruled lawful by a High Court judge. A pilot is due to take place in nine local authorities for elections in May, but campaigner Neil Coughlan said the trial would prevent people from voting. The 64-year-old crowdfunded more than […]

Image copyright UK ParliamentImage caption Stephen Hepburn was elected to Parliament in 1997 The Labour Party is investigating one of its MPs after an allegation of sexual harassment. Stephen Hepburn, MP for Jarrow, is accused of targeting a female party member on a night out in 2005, the HuffPost claims. Labour confirmed it was investigating […]

Image copyright Getty ImagesImage caption Donald Trump Jr said an anti-establishment movement was behind both Brexit and his father’s election The current deadlock over Brexit and possible delay to the UK’s planned leaving date of 29 March suggests democracy in the UK is “all but dead”, Donald Trump Jr has claimed. Mr Trump Jr, who […]

Image caption The original set was only supposed to be used for two years The BBC has been criticised by a group of MPs for the way it has handled the redevelopment of the EastEnders set. In December, the National Audit Office (NAO) revealed that the project had gone £27m over budget. The Public Accounts […]

Image copyright EPAImage caption Conservative Party Chairman Brandon Lewis The Conservative Party’s complaints process is “robust”, the party chairman has said, after a campaign group wrote to him about claims of Islamophobia. Hope Not Hate’s Nick Lowles asked for Brandon Lewis to clarify his claim that all complaints of Islamophobia by party members had been […]

Image copyright PAImage caption James Goddard denied three charges A pro-Brexit activist has pleaded not guilty to harassing MP Anna Soubry outside Parliament. James Goddard, 29, from Altrincham, Greater Manchester, is alleged to have called the MP a “Nazi” and a “traitor”. He denied three charges before the case at Westminster Magistrates’ Court was temporarily […]